Similarly, those who had only played Nintendo consoles and had therefore never been exposed to the third person mayhem that the first Bayonetta provided meaning that although they are the very audience whom Bayonetta 2 would be marketed to, they would know significantly less about the series as a whole. That move led Inaba to say that “Would Bayonetta 2 not exist without Nintendo? The answer is yes.” but despite his obvious joy at work on the game being able to continue, the fact that players who hadn’t played the game on a Nintendo console ( Bayonetta was never released on Wii or Wii U) wouldn’t be able to play the sequel without shelling out for a new console left bitter tastes in people’s mouths.
However, Nintendo snapped up the publishing rights and tapped them to make Bayonetta 2 a Wii U exclusive, likely in the hopes that enlisting a popular game with a cult following would prop up sales of the ailing console. At least, that’s what you would think, but in the face of difficult PS3 porting (Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba called Bayonetta on PS3 the studio’s “ biggest failure”) and Sega’s heavy financial losses, Bayonetta 2was reportedly cancelled with all of Platinum Games’ work on the next game in the series seemingly having been for nothing. The first game that Platinum Games developed, a Wii exclusive beat-em-up called MadWorld, was also received well by critics (despite the controversy surrounding its violent subject matter) so with that game and Bayonetta under its belt, it was clear that Sega should give the studio the keys to building the sequel. As a result of the positivity surrounding the game, sales for the first game in the series were high with Bayonetta being considered as developer Platinum Games’ first big hit. When Bayonetta was released for PS3 and Xbox 360 way back in 2009, the original IP’s brand of stylish and outrageous play, all helmed by a badass witch who could use her hair both as a clothing option and as a weapon and use the guns in her shoes to blast holes in her enemies, garnered mostly positive reviews.
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